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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs  It's all about timing and profits.
Companies know they'll sell shed loads of the dvd in the run up to Christmas and then release it in an extended cut in a few months time that the fans will buy anyway.
Unless of course they make the assumption that all the fans will now be blu ray compatible.
As an aside it puzzles me why they release extended cuts to home video. Yes i can understand with horror perhaps with additional violence but a superhero film? Is it because both Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman were so critically reviled they try to make it a better film? |
I imagine it's more that studios get cold feet when it comes to Theatrical releases and try to make a film shorter or simpler, plus the shorter a film, the more screenings and the more money.
In the case of BvS, the added footage dramatically improves the film and it makes much more sense, where as in this case I've heard the theatrical is the final cut and this version just adds back in all the Joker related footage that was cut